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Table 1 Demographic, anthropometric, dietary and psychological characteristics of study participant across the tertiles of energy-adjusted DTAC (n = 175)

From: Dietary total antioxidant capacity is inversely associated with depression, anxiety and some oxidative stress biomarkers in postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Tertiles of energy-adjusted DTAC

P-trend**

T1 (n = 58)

T2 (n = 59)

T3 (n = 58)

Energy-adjusted DTAC, median (μmol/day)

14,262.79

18,462.49

23,208.09

 

Sociodemographic factors

Age (year)†

56.0 (8.2)

55.0 (7.0)

57.0 (10.0)

0.4

Education (year)†

4.0 (6.0)

5.0 (6.0)

5.0 (6.0)

0.1

Menopausal years (year)†

6.5 (9.7)

4.0 (6.0)

8.0 (11.0)

0.9

Marital status n (%)*

Married

45 (25.7)

51 (29.1)

49 (28.0)

0.3

Single/divorced/single

13 (7.4)

8 (4.6)

9 (5.1)

 

Economic status, n (%)*

High/average

18 (10.3)

22 (12.6)

21 (12.0)

0.5

Low

40 (22.9)

37 (21.0)

37 (21.0)

 

Supplement use and medical history n (%)*

Dietary supplement use

33 (18.9)

36 (20.6)

42 (24.0)

0.08

Family history of depression

14 (25.7)

15 (25.7)

15 (25.7)

0.8

CVD

25 (14.3)

16 (9.1)

15 (8.6)

0.8

Metabolic disorders

12 (14.3)

21 (9.1)

20 (8.6)

0.1

Anthropometric and physical activity measures

Height (cm)†

154.0 (6.5)

155.0 (6.5)

155.7 (7.6)

0.1

Weight (kg)†

72.7 (11.8)

74.0 (12.6)

74.6 (12.3)

0.3

BMI (kg/m2)†

29.6 (8.4)

30.4 (5.5)

30.0 (4.7)

0.8

WC (cm)†

103.0 (13.6)

102.5 (14.0)

106.0 (13.6)

0.5

Physical activity (MET min/week)†

460.0 (462.0)

471.0 (789.0)

585.7 (1128.0)

0.02

Dietary factors

Energy intake (kcal/day)‡

2369.4 ± 397.6

2138.4 ± 450.6

2324.6 ± 511.4

0.5

Carbohydrate (g/day)†

331.6 (110.7)

306.6 (103.4)

349.8 (108.4)

0.2

Protein (g/day)‡

83.4 ± 17.5

77.2 ± 17.0

84.9 ± 20.7

0.6

Fat (g/day)†

74.6 (32.6)

67.6 (17.6)

67.0 (33.1)

0.01

Carbohydrate (%EI)

57.4 ± 5.8

60.3 ± 5.4

61.5 ± 4.9

< 0.001

Protein (%EI)

14.0 ± 1.9

14.5 ± 1.8

14.6 ± 1.8

0.1

Fat (%EI)

29.5 (8.7)

27.3 (6.0)

27.5 (6.4)

0.003

DASS-42 score

Depression†

8.5 (10.0)

6.0 (8.0)

5.5 (9.0)

0.03

Stress†

9.0 (9.0)

10.0 (9.0)

9.0 (10.0)

0.4

Anxiety†

8.0 (6.0)

7.0 (6.0)

5.0 (5.0)

0.02

  1. Socioeconomic status defined as: having 3 or less living items for low status, 4–6 living items for average status, and 7–9 living items at home for high status
  2. DTAC dietary total antioxidant capacity, CVD cardiovascular disease, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, MET metabolic equivalents task, EI energy intake, DASS depression, anxiety and stress scale
  3. ‡Data are expressed as mean ± SD
  4. †Data are expressed as median (IQR)
  5. * Number of subjects having the characteristic with %
  6. ** ANOVA test used for continuous variables and chi-square test used for categorical variables